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Why would they iron a letter in the first place? Newspapers were actually ironed for a purpose— the heat dried the ink so the lord didn’t get smudgy fingers! It’s probably just part of the parody though.

But I wonder what happened to Gottlieb von Jagow in the meantime. You remember? The German foreign minister who was abducted by John Gates and brought to the interrogation room. That happened at the 05/02/2013 – 28 days ago. Almost a month. But it feels as if this scene happened 6 month ago. In the story it happened only yesterday evening, alright. But here, in a comic strip, which is published only twice a week it seems it happened half a year ago.You can do this in a book, having a main story line which will be interrupted now and then by byplay or sub-plots. A book is read fast.But here? I guess more than half of the readers don’t remember von Jagow anymore.

About Agent Gates

Presenting a parody spin on the characters we know and love from the hit show Downton Abbey, this story is told through the eyes of the downstairs staff—especially one secretly rugged valet John Gates, who turns out to be an undercover spy for Her Royal Majesty's British Secret Intelligence Agency (the SIS). Gates and several other Devonton staffers are part of a nationwide top-secret division of operatives scattered throughout country estates, all supervised by (who else?) the Dowager Countess, a close personal friend of Queen Victoria herself. An added perk: there's steampunk involved.